Arabia Anderson, 22, and her daughter, Paris, were among about 300 people housed at the Camp Freedom shelter at Monmouth Park.

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Dustin Raccioppi
New Jersey Press Media

Over the course of a year, about 29,000 men, women and children find themselves homeless in New Jersey, according to housing officials.

In just a few dark hours last month, Superstorm Sandy swept countless others from their homes to the makeshift shelters and vacant hotel rooms across Monmouth and Ocean counties.

Now, as many of those residents begin to rebuild their lives, the stopgaps are going away, leaving those who were struggling before the storm with uncertainty about their long-term housing while agencies scramble to find new options. But slim options got slimmer when Sandy hit, ...